Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 15 Mike the Headless Chicken, Part 2 The Legend and the Law Returns With Rabbi Shmuly Wolff Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, March 15, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 14 Can AI Be Self-Aware? A Jewish Legal and Ethical View of Artificial Intelligence With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, March 8, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 13 Mike the Headless Chicken, Part 1 The Legend and the Law With Rabbi Shmuly Wolff Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, February 22, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 11 Basi L'gani Why Did It Take the Rebbe 40 Years to Make This Point? With Rabbi Isser New Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, January 25, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 10 Faith Under Duress Jewish Law When Survival Is on the Line With Rabbi Daniel Freitag Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, January 18, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 9 Happy Hour Bars, Booze & Halacha With Rabbi Josh Wohlfarth Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, January 11, 2026
Sunday Kolel Year 3 - Lecture 8 Creating a Jewish Family Through Adoption With Rabbi Chaim Lindenblatt Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, December 14, 2025
Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 33 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, March 12th ,2026. The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the Torah Center to be a warm and non-judgmental community in which to experience the richness and authenticity of Jewish learning and heritage. ~ Support our work! https://thetorahcenteratl.org/donate
Kabbalah Café Creation & Redemption - Part 2 The Nature Of a Miracle With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, March 15th,2026. What is the greater expression of G-d’s power: creating the laws of nature, or breaking them? We tend to think of miracles as the ultimate display of the Divine: a dramatic suspension of reality, a flash of infinity tearing through the fabric of the world. A reminder that G-d stands beyond nature and can overturn it at will. But Kabbala...
Torah Studies 5786 Class 21: Vayakhel-Pekudei Anchors in the Storm The Strength Found in the Small Details Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, March 10th, 2026 It’s the little things that keep everything in place. This class explores how the pegs of the Tabernacle in the desert teach us that even the smallest details are essential to the bigger picture. Just like anchors in a storm, these overlooked elements provide much-needed stability. The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offer...
Whale of a Tale Life Lessons from Gargantuan Fish, Geese, and Corpses With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026 An island turns out to be the back of a mammoth sea creature, oceanic waves rise miles high, and an encounter with the "dead of the wilderness:" Rabbah bar bar Chanah's strange parables hold the secret to Jewish survival and offer powerful tips on how to rise above life's challenges.
Torah Studies 5786 Class 20: Ki Sisa The Broken Vessel Why Letting Go Opens the Door to G-d’s Wisdom Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026 We try to hold ourselves together, but the deepest truths come when we’re willing to break. This class explores what we gain when we stop clinging and start surrendering. The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the T...
Kabbalah Café Creation & Redemption - Part 1 A New World With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, March 8th,2026. There are times when life feels entirely ordinary. We wake up, go to work, handle responsibilities, and move through the routines of the day. The world feels fixed, predictable, bound by the rules of nature. And yet, every so often, something breaks through. A moment of clarity. A flash of purpose. A sense that beneath the surface of our everyday li...
Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 31 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, February 26th ,2026. The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the Torah Center to be a warm and non-judgmental community in which to experience the richness and authenticity of Jewish learning and heritage. ~ Support our work! https://thetorahcenteratl.org/donate
Forging Forward Exploring Futuristic Responsa With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 25th, 2026 As technology reshapes our world at dizzying speed, new Halachic questions emerge. In this lesson, we explore how ancient wisdom meets tomorrow's uncharted questions. The Torah Center ATL takes pride in offering innovative, inclusive, and impactful educational programs to all. People from a diverse spectrum of life find the Torah Center to be a warm and non...
Torah Studies 5786 Class 19: Purim Playing by Nature’s Rules Can Get You Killed Why Fitting In Is the Riskiest Strategy Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 24th, 2026 The Jews in Persia thought they were safe—they had power, prestige, even a queen in the palace. Then came Haman. Purim teaches that our survival isn’t natural at all. Trusting politics and assimilation is choosing wolves; trusting G-d is choosing the Shepherd.
The Fifth Factor How Emotional and Situational Wisdom Shape Rabbinic Responses With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 18th, 2026 Responsa abound with examples in which rabbis offered not only legal replies but also profound sensitivity and discernment, addressing the needs of individuals and communities with compassion and wisdom.
Torah Studies 5786 Class 18: Parshat Terumah The Argument That Never Ends Judaism Is a Lot Less Dogmatic Than You Think Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 17th, 2026 If Torah were just a rigid rulebook, how could centuries of debate still rage about mitzvot observed since Sinai? Judaism thrives on the mystery, the questions, and the back-and-forth. Disagreement isn’t dysfunction—it’s discovery, and it’s what keeps the Torah endlessly alive.
Kabbalah Café All for the Sake of Heaven - Part 27 Three Paths to Peace With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, February 15th,2026. Conflict feels stitched into the human story. History unfolds in waves of war, rivalry, and resentment, as if tension were the pulse beneath our collective heartbeat. Division can seem so constant that we mistake it for destiny. Yet the Jewish mystics insist that beneath the noise lies a deeper music. What we call conflict is often th...
Counterweights Considered The Push and Pull within Halachic Decisions With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 11th, 2026 Embedded within Halacha are fundamental Torah values that often serve as counterweights, subtly recalibrating outcomes in ways that defy initial expectations.
Torah Studies 5786 Class 17: Parshat Mishpatim The Whole Half A Half-Shekel Teaches Total Commitment Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 10th, 2026 We hesitate to go all in—with people, with places, and with commitments—because we’re not sure it’s safe. We’re always ready to move on. But some things call for everything we’ve got. This class looks at one ancient mitzvah that helps us know when to stop hedging and start showing up.
Kabbalah Café All for the Sake of Heaven - Part 26 Fire & Water With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, February 8th,2026. Our lives move in rhythms that pull us in opposite directions. There are moments of burning passion and restless ascent, and moments of quiet satisfaction and stillness. Times when the soul longs to climb higher, and times when it knows to pause, breathe, and take in what has already been achieved. Kabbalah names these two movements fire a...
Precedent in Practise How Past Rulings Are Applied to New Realities With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, February 4th, 2026 From medieval blood libels to modern hot-air balloons, responsa reveal how new questions are answered by returning to the past, showing how Halachah remains current through careful reasoning and timeless principles.
Torah Studies 5786 Class 16: Parshat Yitro Good without G-d? Not for Long Morality without an Anchor Drifts Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026 Atheists can be moral, but when temptation hits, what keeps those morals in place? Judaism teaches that goodness without G-d is like a house without a foundation—it may look fine, but the first storm topples it. Faith doesn’t replace values; it makes them last.
Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 26 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, 29th January, 2025 The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core ideas, making the text accessible and relevant for modern seekers.
Kabbalah Café All for the Sake of Heaven - Part 25 Beyond the Matrix With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, February 1st,2026. Most of us live inside the matrix. We operate within time and space, within the limits of nature, and within the constraints of physical reality. We learn how to adapt, how to function, and how to survive by working within the rules of the world as it appears to us. But Kabbalah teaches that there are people who live beyond the matrix. Th...
Torah Studies 5786 Class 15: Parshat Beshalach One Song, a Million Voices A True Leader Can Make Us One Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Tuesday, January 27th, 2026 Jews argue over food, politics, and prayer books. Yet, standing on the shores of the Red Sea, we sang one song in perfect unison. True unity isn’t about agreeing on everything; it’s about finding the leader and moment that brings our deepest oneness to the surface
Torah in the Trenches The Hands-On Reality of Halachic Decision-Making With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded Live at The Torah Center ATL on Wednesday, January 28, 2026 Rabbis don't rule in a vacuum. The responsa of this lesson show how Torah law meets real-world facts and scientific insight, bridging sacred texts and the complexity of everyday life.
Demystifying Tanya - Lesson 29 With Rabbi Tzvi Freeman Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Thursday, January 22nd,2026. The Tanya is a cornerstone of Jewish spirituality, offering profound insights into the nature of the soul, the struggles of human existence, and the path to a purposeful life. In this new weekly series, Rabbi Tzvi Freeman provides a clear and thoughtful exploration of its core ideas, making the text accessible and relevant for modern seekers.
Kabbalah Café All for the Sake of Heaven - Part 24 Shabbat Food With Rabbi Ari Sollish Recorded live at The Torah Center ATL on Sunday, January 25th,2026. When you think of Shabbat food what comes to mind? Maybe fresh challah, gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, brisket, and potato kugel (if you're Ashkenazi). But according to Jewish mysticism, the real story isn’t just what we eat on Shabbat -- it’s what changes. On Shabbat, all of reality is more spiritually aligned. The world itself is elevated. ...
